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Page xxvii
... difficulties of travelling . would be impossible to carry provisions , even if sufficient stores had been saved from the crushed ship , to last the entire ship's company for the number of days they would be travelling this supposed ...
... difficulties of travelling . would be impossible to carry provisions , even if sufficient stores had been saved from the crushed ship , to last the entire ship's company for the number of days they would be travelling this supposed ...
Page xxxii
... difficulty , if not altogether removed , has , during the last few months , been con- siderably lessened by the report brought home by the Dutch officers of the Willem Barents , of the existence in that sea of two descriptions of ice ...
... difficulty , if not altogether removed , has , during the last few months , been con- siderably lessened by the report brought home by the Dutch officers of the Willem Barents , of the existence in that sea of two descriptions of ice ...
Page xxxvi
... difficulty , with the aid of steam power , in reaching a high position , and establishing herself in winter quarters be- tween the 83rd and 84th parallels of latitude , and perhaps even farther north . Should , from this position , land ...
... difficulty , with the aid of steam power , in reaching a high position , and establishing herself in winter quarters be- tween the 83rd and 84th parallels of latitude , and perhaps even farther north . Should , from this position , land ...
Page xxxviii
... difficulties , that have hitherto baffled the bravest and the most daring , dissolve as the snow on which the bright rays of the summer sun fall , and the White Ladye of the Pole will yet stand before us unveiled , and revealed in all ...
... difficulties , that have hitherto baffled the bravest and the most daring , dissolve as the snow on which the bright rays of the summer sun fall , and the White Ladye of the Pole will yet stand before us unveiled , and revealed in all ...
Page xlii
... difficulty of procuring men , 76 ; Sunday neglected , 79 . CHAPTER IV . A MIDSHIPMAN'S NARRATIVE OF A POLAR VOYAGE , 1773 . Mr. Floyd's preface and dedication , 81 ; his narrative , 83 ; appointed to the Racehorse , 84 ; the ships ...
... difficulty of procuring men , 76 ; Sunday neglected , 79 . CHAPTER IV . A MIDSHIPMAN'S NARRATIVE OF A POLAR VOYAGE , 1773 . Mr. Floyd's preface and dedication , 81 ; his narrative , 83 ; appointed to the Racehorse , 84 ; the ships ...
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